"We've momentum and we can't afford to lose it tbh"- The '13-'14 summer transfer window thread for PL and beyond

Yeah I'd have Ramsey over Wilshere atm, Wilshere needs to go back to being a youngster being introduced to first team football rather than supposedly the teams biggest star. He's not even close to that, he's just English

But tbh I'd take Torres at Arsenal too, but that's mostly because I'd take anything right now

I like this idea that Arsenal will fund the purchase of Bale by buying three Madrid players for 70m or so which is why Tottenham are delaying the deal, if only because it's so stupid

I mean nobody could worry about Arsenal completing any deals by this point, they're like the piggy in the middle of world football

Alderweireld is off to Atletico btw, so no Liverpool or Arsenal

that 70m bid is a pisspull tbh, you'd do well to get ozil and benzema for that.

other news

kevin prince-boateng medical at schalke

kaka announces he wants to leave real

trying to think of an epl club could afford him and likely to gamble on him. coming up with chelsea tbrr.

Yeah I was trying to figure out how you could fit Benzema, Ozil and Di Maria in to 70m unless Real are desperate for cash and there's no buyers... huh

Think Arsenal should pull out all the stops for Kaka and Torres, they fit their current mentality perfectly

I like how in all the talk of Real having to shift some players from midfield when they get Bale nobody remembered to mention Kaka before, it's like he isn't there anyway

Kaka to Arsenal would be quite fun, Chelsea boring. Could Milan afford to have him back? That always felt like a possibility

lets be real tho if arsenal bid for any of these players liverpool will agree a fee and we'll steal them and they'll end up at chelsea

love that the rumour mill on the guardian has "will arsenal sign ozil, di maria, and benzema?" as its headline.

it's like the negative of "does the pope shit in the woods?"

They're gonna blow everyone's minds and sign all of them! And kaka

Oh god I can't even pretend

Flamini though hey

Milan surely wouldn't sell KPB, would they?

xp It's gonna be extra funny though when they still finish 4th having spent exactly £0, pure trolling

(I'm not saying that will actually happen)

What happened to Milan? Them and Inter both seem useless/poor right now

http://www.schalke04.de/de/aktuell/news/130830_boateng/page/2319--10-213-.html

https://twitter.com/KPBofficial/status/372311359632834560/photo/1

D:

milan signing matri for 10m today if kbp wasnt dumb enough

i wonder if even franck ribery is aware he basically won the ballon d'or yesterday

I have a firm belief that transfers, squad, wages, stadium and actual fuckin results are all irrelevant to arsenal finishing above spurs while wenger reigns

surely not this year. surely not.

i wonder if even franck ribery is aware he basically won the ballon d'or yesterday

I notice CR7 didn't even show up for his annual awkward also-ran appearance.

Vlad confirmed

i know it's only f365 but

"...I have just read Matt Stanger's article on Spurs and I found it very interesting in that seemingly the general consensus really is that Spurs have a stronger side/squad than Arsenal. You will be surprised to discover that I strongly disagree.

A team of Sczesney, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Ramsey, Wilshere, Rosicky, Cazorla, Walcott, Giroud is on paper well well above anything that AVB can put together"

is this even worth discussing? or would it be best just me and sam the returning hero on a dedicated thread?

it's not even a discussion, but it's fucking early to be drinking that heavy

Do it man-for-man, you might not like the outcome though

I'd put Arsenal's best XI slightly ahead of last season's Spurs - just as the league table did. Remains to be seen for me how Spurs will shape up with new arrivals and without Bale.

Squad-wise Arsenal are fucked unless they lol spend money lol quickly lol or lol avoid injuries.

im on record in the past 24 hours as not jumping one way or the other vis a vis arsenal comparisons. i, just glad, having lost bale, that we seem to have taken the route of repairing a dysfunctional first team and reasonably intelligently targeted weaknesses in the squad.

arsenal's season hinges on signings in the next two days and the inevitable injuries they hilariously sustain. nothing to do with us guv.

underdogging

dmac just thinking about the next game

arsenal 1st team as stated

Sczceszxnzy vs lloris lol spurs + 3
gibbs vs our lb at best evens, give them this Spurs +2
walker vs sagna/jenks at worst evens Spurs + 2
vertonghen vs koscielny easy vertonghen Spurs + 4
kaboul vs mertesacker at worst evens Spurs + 4
sandro vs lol lol Spurs + 10
dembele vs ramsey eh worst evens Spurs + 10
wilshere vs idk paulinho ah say wilshere im not out to pick fights and who knows Spurs + 8
walcott vs lennon walcott tbf Spurs + 6
santi vs whoever our new lw is call it even Spurs +6
giroud vs soldado i like giroud but imma say soldado Spurs + 7

bench lol gtf Spurs +11

scientifically i have that as spurs 11 units of unclear denomination ahead of arsenal as things stand, with it to be noted that arsenal get injured a lot, so round it up to spurs + 20

xp lol i ruined it

"arsenal are a top, top side. you can be sure they'll be there or thereabouts come the end of the season," mac told sky sports news.

i've a lot of respect for wenger and the job he's done there over the years, he's a wily character and he's seen it all before, he's got nothing to fear from us that's for sure

boateng to schalke is strange when they are embedding draxler at #10 and he is a much more talented player

DONE DEAL

Celtic sign Israel international Nir Biton on a four-year deal from FC Ashdod.

when desperation takes hold

Jonas Giæver ‏@CheGiaevara

Josu Urrutia: There is an offer for Ander Herrera. We received it yesterday and we have informed that we will not negotiate for our players"

Urrutia: "Our club is different. We create an emotional bond. Our objective is not to make money."

Urrutia: "For that a player should leave he needs to state his intentions to leave the club and pay the buyout clause."

Jonas Giæver ‏@CheGiaevara 6m

Last RT; According to Corriere della Sera, Manchester United bid €12m for Daniele De Rossi. Player turned United down (via @iPrimaPunta )

United have made no announcement over Nani's contract but Juve director general Giuseppe Marotta told Mediaset Premium: “He’s renewed his contract with Manchester United and we never negotiated for him.”

yeah, saw that. Pretty chuffed

someone's gotta be i spose

http://www.ghanasoccernet.com/breaking-news-ghana-star-chrirstian-atsu-joins-english-side-chelsea-loaned-vitesse-arnheim/?

English side Chelsea have signed talented Ghanaian winger Christian Atsu and have immediately been loaned him to Dutch club Vitesse Arnheim.

tricky down economy

there was a thing the other day that parma have shifted around about 300 (three hundred) players this summer

had an ex gf like that tbrr

that is a rural irish vernacular joke so i mean dont feel bad or anything

too soon

http://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/serie-a/parma/2013/08/29/news/il_parma_il_supermarket_della_via_emilia-65462463

it's been 8 years and i've almost forgotten her mobile number so i'm ok man honest

shifted?

Last season's Parma shenanigans transfers:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Parma_F.C._season#Transfers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parma_F.C.#Out_on_loan

shift is a verb or noun referring to the act of kissing

as in "did you get the shift?"

or "I shifted your one last night"